TREE-meditations

Italiano a seguire...


Let's begin with a Song...

The Spirit of the plants has come to me
In the form of a beautiful dancing green woman
Her eyes filled me with peace
Her dance filled me with peace
The spirit of the plants has come to me
And has blessed me with great peace.
Her eyes filled me with peace
Her dance filled me with peace.
The spirit of the plants has come to me
In the form of a beautiful dancing green woman.
Lisa Thiel

I really would like to thank all loving teachers of spiritual practices, in particolar Dorothy MacLean, David Spangler, Judy McAllister, Monica Boni, Marko Pogacnik, Michael Roads, Dianne Robbins, Vera Nadine, Jamie Sams and others "trees speakers" who have contributed to my "creation in progress" as a human being and to this page... You are angels!

Here below, you can find some Tree inspirations, meditations, suggestions to contact these great living beings... enjoy yourself and be still with Nature.

I really hope to collect all these meditations in a book... Meanwhile I think now, more than ever, these great creatures have much to tell and so any suggestion to get in touch with nature is more necessary than ever... so enjoy the communication with Nature.
After all, Nature is an open source for everyone.

I would suggest to close any experience of contact with Trees and Mother Earth, thanking  for the time dedicated, for the life that they offer through oxygen, for the warmth they give us through their bodies and for everything that they make it possible offering their lives for us... the little children of the Earth.

If you can, imagine even to offer a gift from the heart after each contact! Everybody love gifts after all, even the Trees!

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This song is to the Earth... Lyrics by Michael Roads... That man makes me free to open my heart to the humankind.

The lyrics of the song are by Michael J. Roads, Australian author of spiritual books, and the music is by Nanne Kalma from The Netherlands. The clip was made by Hanny Tromp.

STANDING PEOPLE 


“The trees are called Standing People because they are our teachers. They do not walk about like human beings, but they do hold the energy of the Earth and Sky. The roots of the trees go deep into our Mother Earth, and their branches reach for the sunlight high in the sky. These teachers of the woods show humankind how to balance the male and female energies present in every human being. Through their example, we can learn how to give and receive. The trees are firmly grounded in the Earth and are reaching for the heaves with their branches, showing human beings how to be bridges between the tangible and non-tangible worlds. The balance of demonstrative and receptive is found in the heart of humans and in the trunk of trees.

These living examples of balance allow humankind to discover the flow of life force that brings inner peace. It is circular and flows up through the roots to the tops of the branches, traveling down to the roots again, creating a recycling of energy.”
Jamie Sams, Earth Medicine 


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HAVE YOU HUGGED AN HEALER TREE TODAY? 
by Isabella Guerrini

Restoration druids, commonly known as trees, have the potential to be excellent healers. With a wide array of spells, they are an excellent group heal, the abilities of trees have a lot going for us. This article aims to suggest you how to get the most healing out of healer tree.


Sacred trees with healing powers are found in almost every culture and age. They are seen as a gift from the Earth Goddess and a source of her continuing healing of those who come to the tree or sacred grove.

In India sacred trees are visited by petitioners seeking blessings, especially for health and fertility, from the indwelling spirit or deity who is usually regarded as female and a manifestation of the Earth Goddess. Food and flowers are left at the foot of the tree or shrine and ribbons of cloth or coloured wish bags are tied to the tree.


In Africa among the Northern Sotho people, the sacred Marula tree is known as the marriage tree. A woman who wishes to conceive a boy will drink the infused bark of the male tree. In many parts of Africa women still carry bark from sacred trees to make them fertile.


In the folk tradition of Europe until the beginning of the twentieth century, trees were likewise attributed magical healing powers. For example children were passed nine toes though the cleft in an ash tree and the branches then bound together as a symbol of the healing process.



The Celtic Druids worshipped not in temples, but in groves of trees. These natural woodland sites may have predated the Celts. Those that have been identified are frequently centred on a convergence of earth energies. In former Celtic groves in Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Ireland and Cornwall the trees are still adorned with ribbons, trinkets and petitions for healing and blessings.


The Australian Aborigines used healing remedies from trees such as tea tree and eucalyptus centuries before they entered more conventional medicine Tea tree leaves were inhaled by the Aborigines to prevent nasal, throat and chest congestion and ground into a paste to relieve burns and skin infections.

But every tree is a powerful source of spiritual healing that can help your own immune system to fight any illness or sorrow. Because trees are rooted so firmly in the earth, receive water through the roots and from the rain and light from the sun, they are an enduring source of earth healing in the most concrete of squares in a city centre.



You can sit against a tree in a forest that may be hundreds or even thousand years old. Yews can live more than two thousand years and some oaks a thousand years old. A lot of accumulated power and wisdom. In woodlands or a local arboretum, look for a circle of trees that can become your own sacred grove.

You may find your special tree that feels right for you in your local park or in your garden. The following method is one I use not only as part of my private work but as a stressed and working woman even when I feel unwell, unloved and unlovely. Trees and their specific healing powers you can absorb spiritually just by being close to them. But as I said any tree will help to ease pain whether physical or emotional and restore well-being.


You do not have to sit in the traditional cross-legged sitting position to meditate under a tree. In fact, yoga is considered a form of meditation by some. Others find a walk in nature to be a form of meditation. I have found that when I do meridian tapping that I have a similar sensation as when I meditate. You are likely to find an increase in your energy levels, an increase in your ability to focus and concentrate, a release of tension in your body and a sense of peace. Deep breathing during meditation or talking under a tree increases the oxygen supply just as yoga does. To be more closer to a trees it also helps make attention to your breath and relax you, moreover may lower your heart rate to.


You can develop your intuition as you continue to practice meditation with trees and as you begin to uncover the connection to God, the Divine, Spirit, the Universe, or whatever or whoever you want to connect with.

You can spend five minutes a day meditating under a tree or you can meditate in a forest from dawn to dusk. It really is up to you and what feels right to you. There is no right or wrong when it comes to meditation. If you think you would like guided tree meditation, check out the guided meditations below.


You can use some meditations to talk with Trees, there are only suggestions to contact these great living beings… to enjoy yourself and be still with Nature. Here you can find one of the methods to have meditation to talk with Trees or asking Trees for help or heal you.


A tree is an interesting entity in the realm of creation and in the realm of nature. It is a living being, an energy form that, more than any another, records within itself the knowledge and history of its surrounding environment.


A tree begins from seed, embodied within which is its own original energy. But then it amasses itself and its mature energy from the environment around it.


The trees are the books of time, just as their wood may provide fodder for the books of mankind, so, too, does the environment provide fodder for the books of the trees. The trees are like braille waiting to be read, like a musical recording waiting to be played.


The trees are all-absorbing, whether good or bane, and do not judge what is to be left behind or discarded from what is to be retained and preserved. The trees stand for lengths of time, comparable, but often longer and more robust than those stood by man.


Just as the tree’s rings can be read to discern the history of the environment and the weather patterns, so, too, can the tree’s energy be read to discern the history of human development in their life spans and even before, as they are informed by the ancient dirt from which they grow. Ask a tree on a battlefield for the truth of the battle, ask a tree on a Lovers Lane the truth of romances past. The trees are impartial, but feeling, taking their very bark and internal fluid of life from the air, ground, rain and energy of the living environment around them. Many annals of human life are recorded within the sentient and sacred trees.


So it is that the scrolls of the Akashic can often be more easily touched in this world and on this plane by the simple knowing of a tree, ancient and wise.


Meditation with a Tree 

by Isabella Guerrini

Place oneself at the foot of an ancient tree, whether physically or mentally.


Begin with slow, deep breaths.


Do not focus on the world outside, but, instead, close one’s eyes and follow the path of the breath as it rushes into the mouth, flows down the throat and fills the lungs. Follow its swirl there and its easy and cleansing path back out from within.


Do this several times until you feel yourself calmed and focused.


Lean back against the literal or metaphorical tree which you have chosen.


Tune in and feel its energy mingle with yours, acceptingly and peacefully, without expectation.


Imagine yourself to have roots, growing from your bottom and reaching into the rich, fertile ground of Mother Earth.


Feel, at the same time, ethereal roots of sparkling energy extended from the top of your head and connectimg you with the bright, spiritual ground of the cosmos above you.


Breath deep and let the energy from each flow through you to meet one another at your core.


Use this conduit to pull energy from above and pass it through to the roots below.


Do the same again, pulling energy from the roots below and passing it through to the etehreal roots above.


Say aloud: As above, so below.


Feel yourself to be one with the tree, you within it and it within you.


Say words of welcome and words of greeting to the tree.


Give it honor for its beauty and strength.


Now, having reached a balance with this living tree creature, you are free to ask it questions.Trees are more apt to answer questions about the self, the wise path, about energy work and about the human past, specifically the human connection to the divine.


When you have finished your tree work, thank your sibling tree for its wisdoms and energy.


Ask it if you may come to it again another time. Give it honor and say your farewells.


Breath deep and balance in your center.


As you are breathing in, see your roots being drawn back down from above and carrying their energy back into your self.


Do the same for the roots below.


When you are whole and contained again, balance your inner self and then stand.


Leave a gift at the base of the tree. (You may do this by pouring a glass of water or leaving a strand of your own hair or creating a cloud of light from the heart like a fine mist of color that you feel most appropriate for the time being, as a token of kinship and of thanks)


For a little bit of inspiration and some great visuals of ancient trees, read also some of the following fantastic books: 


  • “Call of Trees”  by Dorothy Maclean (http://www.callofthetrees.com/)
  • “Tree Talk – Transmissions: Inner Earth & Nature Kingdoms” by Dianne Robbins (http://www.diannerobbins.com/treetalk.html)
  • “Speaking with plants. From green thumb to the Sacred Forest” by Gianfranco Mancardi (Damanhur Publishing www.damanhur.com)
The groves were God’s first temples. 
~ William Cullen Bryant, “A Forest Hymn”
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Other Tree meditations by tree-speakers...

The Tree Meditation - experience n. 1

The beginnings of this technique were taught to me in the open. Each step was introduced at a later date, so that by the time I reached each following step, I'd been practising the previous for some time. I would encourage you to do the same - it is probably much better to have a good grasp of each part in turn, building your experience and understanding bit by bit, rather than try to rush in and grasp the whole thing at once. Anyway the practice is key.

This is by far one of the most fundamental and essential techniques I have been taught. It allows a very physical and primal way of feeling my roots - my physicality and presence (or present-ness) on the earth, while allowing me to acknowledge my connections to the things around me.

Begin by sitting down. Preferably on the floor, but just sitting down will do. Relax, and feel where the ground holds you. Feel heavy. Feel where you touch the ground, and where the energy of the ground - its gravity - gives you weight and solidity. Feel it around you, when you move your body, feel where it moves downwards where there isn't any effort at all, where your weight is held naturally. Then notice your breath. We naturally relax on the outbreath. As you notice the pattern of your breathing, feel your outbreath as a letting go, and as you breathe out each time, feel yourself breathing downwards - your weight settling down each time.

The next step requires that you employ your imagination a little. As you continue to use your breath as a tool to focussing downwards, with each outbreath, feel your roots grow. Do this as a relaxation, rather than as a push of growth. We grow naturally when we are asleep, rather than when we expend effort, and this is how to grow roots - just by relaxing downwards. Start by feeling just one root grow - a tap root, perhaps. Let this find its depth, maybe curling around rocks, maybe encountering other things in the earth beneath you. Then grow one or two more - maybe growing out from your tap root, or perhaps exploring different directions. Remember throughout that your breathing is key to your root-growing. Relax your growth through your outbreath.

When you feel secure with your roots - perhaps with them spread out around you, like a beech tree, or perhaps with one strong tap root and just a few others, you can start to use your inbreath. As trees draw upwards, they take nourishment from the earth, and so it is with your inbreath. Still remembering to relax downwards with the outbreath, use the inbreath to start to breathe nourishment up your root system, and into your body. You might find it helpful to breathe to a count, but I find it most useful just to breathe as naturally as possible and feel the breath, and the nourishment rising like sap, as fully as I can.

The meditation so far can be used as a powerful way of centering yourself on its own. However, the next steps can be used to integrate yourself into your environment..

Once you're comfortable with the sap rising within you, giving you new energy, you can begin to use the energy to grow a canopy. Here's where you'll really become aware of what kind of tree you might be. Start small at first, just growing small shoots. Remember that you only need to grow on the outbreath, keeping the sap rising in you on your inbreath. If you feel like it, you can grow bigger branches, maybe leaves, maybe even blossom, if you really feel like it. You may just feel like a small winter blackthorn, sparsely covered, and prickly. Or you might be a huge ash tree, all towering and tall.

When you've grown all the canopy you want to, feel where you touch the things around you - where your canopy touches other things, and where your root system intertwines with other systems. As you breathe in and out, how do you interact with those things? If you're doing the meditation in a group, how do you interact with the people on either side of you?

Now thank the tree by issuing you a great pink cloud that extends to Mother Earth with love, blessing and nourishing.

When you're ready, open your eyes and acknowledge the things around you. Again, if you're in a group, actively acknowledge the people on either side of you. Move slowly and don't talk for a little while. See if you can move without shifting the root system you've created.

Variations

Some people find it difficult to practice this meditation indoors, or on floors above ground level. Personally I've never had a problem with being able to send roots into the earth from there - after all what we're using is the earth's nemeton - its energy, rather than the earth physically. However a technique you might like to try is to send roots to the edges of the building you're in, and to trail them down the outside, like ivy. This can sometimes kick the imagination into building the sense of nourishment this mediation aims to create.


The Tree Meditation - experience n. 2

Using the tree as your security symbol (use to connect with your guides or angels).

You can either sit at a real tree, or visualise a tree. It works either way.
1. See yourself facing the tree and putting your arms around the trunk to greet it,
but also, to reassure yourself that it is indeed a strong and firm leaning post that can support your weight.
2. Sit with your back to the trunk and let yourself be supported by the tree.
(You can sit against a wall and visualise it as the tree trunk if I you do this inside)
3. Identify with the tree, imagine roots coming from your legs and the bottom of your spine (tail bone) to descend deep into Mother Earth. These roots are your connection to the earth, they will help ground you and bring nourishment to you.
4. Imagine now, branches reaching up into the sky from your shoulders, and from the top of your head, reaching up and becoming one with time and space, to the Cosmic Father. (Father Sky). 
Draw from the air, energy, purity and light down into your body to connect you with the Source.
5. Breathe deeply, in and out, deep, slow breaths. In and out. Breathe in whatever you need right now.... love, affection, acceptance, understanding, compassion or anything else that you need. 
Feel it enter through your nose and mouth, through the breath and spread to every cell and nerve of your body.
6. Breathe from both sources... the cosmos and the earth... you may specify what you want to be given. Allow all negativity to leave your body. 
Breathe out any anger, resentment, upset, disappointment or anything else which is lodged in your body now... let it all just slip away.
7. When you feel grounded. You can ask your guide to show themself/itself to you. 
It may come to you in any form. 
Pay attention. It could be energy, an animal, a human, an angel, a symbol or anything else. 
It may even be a mythological animal such as a unicorn, dragon, or minotaur.
8. Wait, if they don't show themselves immediately it may be because they are not in physical form, or you are not ready or prepared to meet them yet. 
Instead, focus on any messages you may be receiving. 
Trust your intuition. There is always a purpose to this meditation, even if it's not to meet your guide.
9. Breathe deeply and allow energy to flow easily through your body. When your guide approaches you, introduce yourself. (even though they know who you are)... 
You may ask their name, get to know them. 
This is a learning experience, and an introductory period. Be open to whatever you receive.
10. After a while, you may like to ask them a question, 
or they may have a message for you. Or there may be nothing. It could just be a "getting to know you" session and that`s fine too.
11. When you are ready to leave, thank them for being there. Accept whatever you are given, and ask them to be present with you whenever you need them. (Angels in particular like to be asked.... they need to be asked, that is how they enter and help us). 
You may ask them to help you with something in particular, like a healing, or finding a job, or studying for an exam, or moving on in your life. 
The options are boundless, and they're only too happy to help.
12. Now, feel yourself coming back to your body. Pull up your roots from the earth, thanking Mother Earth for her grounding and nourishment, and pull back your branches from the sky, thanking also the Cosmic Father. 
Breathe deeply, and slowly and start to become aware of your surroundings..... the ground you sit on, the feel of the bark/wall against your back and your whole body, the smells, sounds and temperature around you.
13. Breathe deeply and open your eyes, becoming more aware of your surroundings and slowly stretch your limbs and body to come back to outer reality.
At this point I recommend that you write down any messages or experiences you may have had/received. Just in case you forget them and to make comparisons with further times you do this.



The Tree Meditation - experience n. 3
~ by Vera Nadine
 
The groves were God’s first temples.
~William Cullen Bryant, “A Forest Hymn”

A tree is an interesting entity in the realm of creation and in the realm of nature. It is a living being, an energy form that, more than any another, records within itself the knowledge and history of its surrounding environment.

A tree begins from seed, embodied within which is its own original energy. But then it amasses its self and its mature energy from the environment around it.

The trees are the books of time, just as their wood may provide fodder for the books of mankind, so, too, does the environment provide fodder for the books of the trees. The trees are like braille waiting to be read, like a musical recording waiting to be played.

The trees are all-absorbing, whether good or bane, and do not judge what is to be left behind or discarded from what is to be retained and preserved. The trees stand for lengths of time, comparable, but often longer and more robust than those stood by man.

Just as the tree’s rings can be read to discern the history of the environment and the weather patterns, so, too, can the tree’s energy be read to discern the history of human development in their life spans and even before, as they are informed by the ancient dirt from which they grow. Ask a tree on a battlefield for the truth of the battle, ask a tree on a Lovers Lane the truth of romances past.

The trees are impartial, but feeling, taking their very bark and internal fluid of life from the air, ground, rain and energy of the living environment around them. Many annals of human life are recorded within the sentient and sacred trees.

So it is that the scrolls of the Akashic can often be more easily touched in this world and on this plane by the simple knowing of a tree, ancient and wise.

Meditation:

Place oneself at the foot of an ancient tree, whether physically or mentally.

Begin with slow, deep breaths.

Do not focus on the world outside, but, instead, close one’s eyes and follow the path of the breath as it rushes into the mouth, flows down the throat and fills the lungs. Follow its swirl there and its easy and cleansing path back out from within.

Do this several times until you feel yourself calmed and focused.

Lean back against the literal or metaphorical tree which you have chosen.

Tune in and feel its energy mingle with yours, acceptingly and peacefully, without expectation.

Imagine yourself to have roots, growing from your bottom and reaching into the rich, fertile ground of Mother Earth.

Feel, at the same time, ethereal roots of sparkling energy extended from the top of your head and connectimg you with the bright, spiritual ground of the cosmos above you.

Breath deep and let the energy from each flow through you to meet one another at your core.

Use this conduit to pull energy from above and pass it through to the roots below.

Do the same again, pulling energy from the roots below and passing it through to the etehreal roots above.

Say aloud: As above, so below.

Feel yourself to be one with the tree, you within it and it within you.

Say words of welcome and words of greeting to the tree.

Give it honor for its beauty and strength.

Now, having reached a balance with this living tree creature, you are free to ask it questions.

Trees are more apt to answer questions about the self, the wise path, about energy work and about the human past, specifically the human connection to the divine.

When you have finished your tree work, thank your sibling tree for its wisdoms and energy.

Ask it if you may come to it again another time. Give it honor and say your farewells.

Breath deep and balance in your center.

As you are breathing in, see your roots being drawn back down from above and carrying their energy back into your self.

Do the same for the roots below.

When you are whole and contained again, balance your inner self and then stand.

Leave a gift at the base of the tree. (You may do this by pouring a glass of water or leaving a strand of your own hair as a token of kinship and of thanks.)

For a little bit of inspiration and some great visuals of ancient trees, try either of the following fantastic books: Remarkable Trees of the World or Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest.

Blessings to you all!


Tree Meditation Outline

experience n. 4





1.  Relaxation

Use any type of relaxation method you feel like.

Often will get combined with control of breath.

2.  Controlled Breath

Gets the person concentrating.

3.  Awareness of Physical Body

May include breath, heart beat, etc.

4.  Visualization of becoming a tree.

This can become quite involved.  

You may start by visualizing a walk in the forest, 

working with all senses, smell, hearing, taste, touch as well as sight.

You can either visualize becoming a tree or entering a tree that already exists in the forest. 

Note that you should ask the trees permission first!

5.  Send roots into the earth from feet.

Send the roots down into the earth, down farther and farther into the earth.

you may add that you are going into deeper meditation.)

(We usually stand, if you sit, you may want to visualize the roots 


    a. Feeling the dirt.

    b. Sending roots to meet water.

    c. Sensing the pulse of the Mother Earth.

6.  Sending branches into the sky from crown of head

a. Feeling the breeze through the branches.

b. Sending branches up to meet sunlight.

c. Sensing the pulse of the sun's energy.

7.  Drawing the water and earth energy from root into trunk.

8.  Drawing the sky energy from leaves into trunk.

7+8 can be done as a part of 5+6. 

Note: We stress Water, Earth and Sky as they represent the Keltic triad. 

You can add Fire to correspond to the four Wiccan quarters if you wish.

9.  Allowing energies to mix and grow (combination of three worlds).

10. Feeling self as conduit for energies. 

    a. Sending earth and water energies out through branches.
    b. Sending sky energy through roots into ground.

11. Sensing the presence of other trees. 

    a. Feeling roots mingling beneath the earth.
    b. Feeling branches mingling in the sky (holding hands) 
    c. Sending energy around circle through clasped hands.

12. Establishment of group mind/affirmation of the Grove.

13. Reversal of above 12 steps to return to human form.

Reversal is done after the meeting/ritual is finished.

Just follow the steps backwards.

It usually is quite a bit shorter than the original.



Wisdom of the Trees - experience n. 5
By Wendy, Sibylline Priestess

PURPOSE: To experience the wisdom of the trees.

Willow trees are symbols of the boundaries between the worlds.

INSPIRATION: Wisdom of the Buddha
“Here in the cool shade of a santal tree I dwell in solitude and silence, in trance I meditate, from all distractions far removed.”

MEDITATION
Sit or lie comfortably with your eyes closed.
Begin by taking 3 long deep, yogic breaths.
Inhale to a count of four – inhaling to your lungs fullest capacity
Hold for a count of four.
Exhale completely to a count of 4 - pulling your navel back towards your spine.
Hold for a count of four.
Repeat 2 more times.

After the 3rd yogic breath, breathe in a comfortable manner.
With each inhalation, breathe in peace and serenity.
With each exhalation, breathe out all the stresses and pressures of the day.
Breathe in tranquility and calmness.
Breathe out tightness and tension.
Clear your mind of all wandering, extraneous thoughts.
Concentrate only on your breathing.
When your mind is clear, begin the meditation.

Before you is a path – start walking down it.
The path takes you to the edge of river.
The river is calm, with a steady gentle flow.
It is crystal clear, allowing you to see the bottom of the river.
At the river’s edge is a grand willow tree.
Its branches reach out touching the water on one side and the ground and path on the other.
The willow is wise and old – it has seen much and has many stories to tell.
But you are not here to talk to the willow on this trip.
Your destination is the opposite shore of the river.
A mist covers the opposite shore.
All you can see is the outline of the shore – the mist prevents you from seeing more.

You take a step into the river – the water is cool and inviting.
You continue to walk across the river to the opposite shore.
The bottom of the river is covered with rocks, but they aren’t slippery and your footing is sure.
The river gets deeper as you continue to cross it.
It comes to your ankles, then your knees and thighs.
It passes your hips and lower abdomen.
Next it reaches your navel and solar plexus.
It comes to your heart and breasts and finally to your neck at the halfway point across.
It gets no higher than your neck.
You are able to walk across without threat of slipping or being submerged.
Once the water reaches your neck, it starts to lower with the next step.
Each step toward the opposite shore now brings the water lower on your body.
Past your breast and ribs, down past you solar plexus and navel.
Down below your hips and thighs, to your knees and your ankles.
Finally you step out of the water onto the opposite shore.
You have crossed between the worlds into the realm of spirits and magic.

In front of you is a path.
You start walking on it.
The path curves gently and leads you into a dense forest.
You look around and see creatures not found in our world – fauns, fairies, centaurs, and others. 
You send a mental message to them that you are here to learn – never to harm.
These beings look at you with only mild curiosity.

The path leads you to a clearing in the forest.
The clearing is brightly lit, covered with soft grass and flowers.
In the center of the clearing is a tall, stately tree. 
This tree is by far the biggest and tallest you have seen in the forest.
It is obviously the oldest tree here.
It is an imposing presence, but brings you a sense of comfort and safety.
You know that here, no one will hurt you.

From behind the tree comes an old man.
He has a long grey beard and long grey hair.
He is dressed in long, rich green and brown robes.
He walks with a staff – not for support, but more an extension of his arm.
He is a Daghda – god of the forest.
He approaches you and bids you to sit at the base of the tree.
He asks why you are here.
You respond that you are here to learn from the ancient ones of the forest.
He asks if you have a specific question in mind or if you are just interested in learning whatever he feels like teaching.
You respond with what’s in your heart.
He looks you over with a careful and thorough eye.
Then the Daghda begins to talk to you.
You listen carefully and closely, for he is filled with the wisdom of the ages.
Listen and hear the timeless voice of wisdom.

When he is finished, the Daghda bids you farewell.
You thank him for his words of wisdom.
You leave an offering for the Daghda and the tree.
If the Daghda is pleased with your offering, he may invite you to return once again.
Then you turn and walk down the path, back to the river.
As you journey, the creatures of the forest may approach you.
If they do, they walk with you back to the river, singing and dancing, accompanying you on your journey.
When you reach the river, bid the creatures farewell, with peace in your heart.
You then cross the river back to the willow tree.

You can see now that the willow tree marks the boundary of the different realms – the edge between this world and the realm of magic and spirits.
When you reach the willow tree, you gently put your hand on its bark.

You can feel the wisdom and life force of the tree tingling in your fingertips.
The tree tells you that you have stayed too long in this place.
The tree tells you to continue back to your world, but may invite you to visit again later.
Continue walking down the path back to where you started.
With each step you become more aware of your physical body.
You feel the weight of the ground beneath your feet.
You feel the blood flowing through your veins, 
You feel your abdomen and lungs expand and contract with each breath.
When you reach the end of the path, you are fully aware of your physical presence.
You return completely to your body.
You move your fingers and toes, your ankles and wrists, legs and arms.
And when you are ready you open your eyes.



Tree meditation - experience n. 6

This exercise is to help you receive intuitive information about yourself. In meditation such as this one, your intuition is free to function on a very rich, symbolic level. It is important that you allow the images you receive to speak to you, so that you can better understand the meanings contained within the richness of the symbols. If the images wobble, come and go, or seem absolutely strange to you, you may banish them and ask your intuition to give you symbolic images that are correct and true for you. If the same images reappear, accept them and work with them, even though they may seem strange or mysterious. 

With time the meaning and message contained within the images will probably become clear to you. These few directions concerning the way to accept the symbols given to you by your intuition apply for all the other exercises also. By this simple working method, symbols used by your intuition translate the impulses coming from your Soul and your other subtle bodies in a more meaningful way.

Recommended time: 20 to 30 minutes
Prepare yourself by entering your sacred Cell.
Relax and take a few deep breathes exhale all the stresses out of your body and inhale the pure atmosphere of your sacred inner space. When you feel ready, anchored in your intuitive mood, centered within your sanctified space, and open and clear in mind and emotion, ask your intuitive self to present you with the image of a tree which represents your actual state of being.

You may imagine the tree appears on the intuitive screen just in front of your eyes, or you may imagine you are walking in nature and you discover this tree. The tree that you perceive may be like an actual tree or it may be a very symbolic, very imaginary tree. Accept the tree that your intuition presents to you and begin to explore it with intuitive awareness. Regard it from a distance, observing its size, its shape, and its silhouette, become aware of the environment in which the tree is located on a hill? In a forest? All alone? Next to water? 

Perceive the general environment of the tree, asking your intuitive self how the tree is connected to the four elements, to the earth, water, air and fire. Imagine you can examine the earth in which your tree is planted is it rich and nourishing? Or not? Does the tree receive all the water it needs? Is the air clean and pure? Does the tree have access to all the sunshine it needs? Explore the tree, the trunk, the branches, the leaves, the roots In what state do you find the tree? how do you find the posture of the tree? what type of atmosphere does this tree have? how do you feel emotionally? 


What do you notice about this tree that is particularly interesting, unusual, striking?Allow your intuition to guide you to explore the symbolic image of this tree, do not begin to think about the tree or the fact that it represents you. Just explore the tree with your inner senses, with your intuitive self and absorb all the impressions you receive.Ask your intuition to communicate with you, to tell you what the tree lacks grounding water sun, air, company, a view? Ask about what the tree needs for healing relocation pruning clear air, posture adjustment?


When you have received the responses to your questions, allow the image of the tree to fade, continue to meditate quietly in your sacred cell for a few more minutes, and then gently return to normal consciousness.

Write down, or even better do a drawing of the tree you have intuitively perceived. What is the message here for you about your current state of being?

The image of the tree as a reflection of the human being is a particularly rich and touching symbol with which to work. In the tree we find a simplified version of ourselves.

SYMBOLIC MAPPING OF THE TREE

The trunk of the tree represents our spine and general body, the roots represent our feet and grounding ability, and the leaves represent our relationship with the universe and light. The environment relates to the environment in which we live on a daily basis. 

The quality of the earth speaks to us about the fundamental nourishing quality of our everyday existence - the quality of the food we eat, the work we do, the place we live. The presence or lack of adequate water indicates the quality of emotional nourishment we experience in our lives. 


Too much water can be as damaging as not enough, and changes may need to be made to find the balance, to find the correct dose. The quality of air is related to mental stimulation, movement and change. Not enough air, or polluted air, can indicate that the environment is not suitable for mental growth and intellectual creativity because of a stifling effect. Too much air (a strong breeze or wind), can indicate a lack of protection, overexposure, and the need to create a more sheltered environment where the energies are less dispersed. The presence or absence of sun relates to the quality of spiritual nourishment in life.



The Great Tree Meditation - experience n. 7
By Kurt Reso

The following is a guided meditation that was written for us by the good people over at The Meditation Den. If you are interested in learning more about meditation including guides, questions and answers, and other helpful advice then be sure to visit them.


This particular meditation is called The Great Tree Meditation. It is a good exercise for anyone whether they are a beginner or more advanced. During the course of this meditative exercise you will be releasing negative emotions and drawing in positive, creative energy so if you find yourself feeling emotional do not worry, that is certainly not uncommon.

As with any meditation make sure that you are somewhere peaceful where you won’t be disturbed for the duration of the exercise. If you are disturbed or distracted then you can either start again or continue from where you left off if you feel able to slip back into it.

Lets begin.

The classic meditation position.

To begin get yourself in a comfortable position. While the lotus is the “classic” position for meditation, if this is uncomfortable for you then you can sit with your legs stretched out or site on a chair, or even lie down on a bed or sofa. The important thing is that you are comfortable and your back is straight, allowing for proper breathwork.
Close your eyes and focus on your breathing, allowing your muscles to relax and release any tension they may hold. Breathe deeply through your stomach so that it fully expands on inhalation and contracts to its normal size on exhalation.

Experience the sensations that breathing brings. The coldness of the air as you inhale, and the warmth as you exhale. The air hitting the roof of your throat as it travels into your lungs.
When you feel ready begin to focus on the points where your body is in contact with whatever is underneath it, be it floor, sofa, bed, etc. Imagine now that these points are your roots. Allow your roots to burrow deep, deep into the earth core – the heart of nature itself. You are part of nature. You are nature.

As you exhale you are pushing out any blocked emotions and negativity you may hold, passing to earth so that it can heal you. And when you inhale you are breathing in a pure white light up through your roots that provides you with positive, healing energy.
When you are ready begin to focus on the crown of your head. It is the head that houses the brain, and the brain which houses the mind, and the mind that houses your powers of creativity. Just as your roots burrowed down deep into the earth, now visualize branches full of lush green leaves sprouting from your head up high into the sky. The golden sun is shinning upon you.

Now inhalation brings with it a new creative fire, new ideas and passion reinvigorated all passed down from the sun. As you exhale you are releasing any creative blocks that your mind has been holding up into the sky, letting them float away.
You are now the Great Tree with deep roots to the earth and strong branches with beautiful leaves touching the sky. When you breathe in now you are enjoying the full benefits of being the Spirit Tree. You receive the creative energy from the sun and the emotional healing energy from the earth. And when you breathe out you are pushing away the negativity and mental blocks that stop you from being the divine self.

Healing Tree Meditation
experience n. 8
© by Jennifer Sanfilippo

This is a meditation that will bring healing to the physical body as well as stimulate emotional release and well being...

This meditation is best done in a quiet place. If you can sit upright do so, otherwise laying down will work as well.

You are going to be a tree. Visualize your body as a large tree. A mighty Oak, a majestic Maple, a beautiful Walnut, a towering Cottonwood, pick any tree that you care too. You are a tree, complete with full branches crowned with leaves, a solid sturdy trunk and deep strong roots.

Feel this tree as your body, they are one. It is a warm sunny day, the Sun is gentle but firm upon your leaves and branches. Feel the heat of the Sun on the crown of your tree. The warmth feels like the Sun on your face and arms in summer. 

See this energy as a golden light. Let the Sun send you this golden light and let it fill your leaves and branches. Feel this golden light start to warm you. Let the Sun fill you completely with this golden energy. When you are totally filled with the golden light all the way out to the tips of your branches and fingers, all the way down your trunk, down into your roots and legs, then thank the Sun for giving you its healing love that is the gold light.

Next, turn your attention to your roots, this deep base that keeps you grounded in Mother Earth. Feel the damp coolness of the Earth around your roots, just like digging your toes into the moist earth. Feel this cooling as an offering of Healing Love from Mother Earth. Ask her to send her healing energy to you. See this healing energy as an emerald green liquid. Pull this healing liquid up through your roots just like sucking on a straw. Feel this cooling energy start to fill your trunk body. Let it rise all the way up into your branches and crown. Sense and feel the mingling of the Suns gold light with this emerald green healing energy from the Earth. Feel the healing, the balance of both healing energies within all of your body. Let it bring release and the healing that you need.

When you have been able to do this, thank both the Sun and the Earth for helping you to heal. This is done out of Love. Remember, Love is the strongest force in the Universe. This meditation will indeed bring you both Healing and Love when you accept it through your Heart.


Sacred Tree Meditation
experience n. 9
By Kypris Drake


The Sacred Tree Meditation is a great daily practice or a beautiful way to begin any ritual. The intention of the meditation is to cultivate a connection to Spirit (whatever that means to you), and to use that connection to guide you in everything you do. For partnered ritual, you will begin with both giver and receiver connecting individually to the divine polarities (masculine and feminine), then begin to breathe and connect your energy bodies to each other. 


Begin by sitting comfortably in easy pose, zen pose or any way that is natural for you and that allows your spine to be straight. Take a deep breath, filling your belly with air and allowing your lungs to touch the east and west edges of your rib cage.


Continue breathing deeply and focus on letting go of any stress or negativity from the day and letting in nurturing energy. On an inhalation, feel your perineum, the space between your genitals and your anus, "open" up as if it were growing roots.


On an exhalation imagine sending your roots directly into the earth–through the floor, through the soil, deep into the earth, all the way to the magnetic core of the Earth, the very heart of the divine feminine.


Inhale and breath the earth’s unconditional love up through your body, clearing away blocks and negative emotions as you go. Exhale to release anger, fear, pain, and other negative emotions. and feel Mother Earth taking these emotions and transmuting them it into healing nutrients for the planet. 


Now take your awareness to the top of your head, and with your next inhalation, feel the top of your head, your crown chakra, opening up like a flower. Exhale, and imagine you are growing branches from the top of your head into the sun or stars. As you connect to this heavenly fire, feel your connection to the Sky Father. Breathe out to release distracting thoughts out through your branches and imagine them burning up in solar or star fire. Breathe in and imagine divine masculine warmth, strength, and light coming down into your head. 


Become a great tree with leaves and branches connecting all the way to the sun or stars, and roots all the way down deep into the earth. Continue the inhalations and exhalations until your roots and branches are strongly connected to the earth and sky.


On your next inhalation, bring up earth mother energy and bring down sky father energy simultaneously. Allow the energies to mix and mingle inside your heart. After a few breaths, move that energy down through your arms and hands. Feel the warm tingling and relish the mixture of mother and father energy in your body.


If you are doing this meditation in partnership, at this point shift your focus to connecting energetically with your partner. Have the active partner lead this exercise by intertwining his/her roots and branches with the receptive partner. Take deep, cleansing breaths and feel your energy connection with your partner, noticing how you feel pulled toward each other, like two magnets. 


Now you are ready to move into whatever physical connection is comfortable for both of you. Communicate clearly with each other about your boundaries and your comfort zones as you move into sacred sexual and energetic connection.


Shamanic Tree meditation
experience n. 10
by Chris Sylvan


Shamanic shape-shifting visualizations need not be limited to animal forms. Experiencing the form of a tree can bring a unique feeling and perspective into your life.

The most ideal way to begin is to stand outside, bare feet upon bare earth, near running water such as a stream or river. Choose the exact spot which feels the most right to you. Stand up straight, eyes closed. Use whatever technique you might know to clear your mind of distracting thoughts. When you have brought yourself to a sufficently receptive state, you may then proceed.


Bring your awareness to your feet. Visualize them becoming the base of your trunk. Your toes spread and extend, becoming roots which slowly but surely penetrate the ground in all directions around you and downward. Additional roots spread from all sides of what once were your feet. Feel the texture of the earth as your roots wend their way more and more deeply into its rich soil. If there are stones, or even boulders, buried within the ground, let your roots deftly find there way around them. Feel the nurturing moisture that your roots are reaching for, and especially concentrate your root development wherever you find it. Grow your roots well into the ground until you have established an amazingly strong, interwoven bond with the Earth. Now take some time to allow your awareness to fully imbibe this sensation.


When you feel ready, begin to let your awareness reach back up from the ground. Feel your legs fusing together into a single trunk as the transformation into living wood slowly but steadily spreads all the way up through your torso. Feel the solid strength which arises within you, a strength which resists the pull of any wind yet still allows just enough flexibility to bend and sway with it as needed. Feel your skin turning into a thick yet comfortably pliant layer of bark, protecting you like living clothing.

Feel your arms and head become the large main branches spreading outward and upward from your central trunk. Spread them all around and above you so that all the smaller branches and leaves which sprout everywhere from them, in all sorts of patterns, can catch every ray of sun that you can reach. Keep growing, becoming larger and larger until you can provide cooling shade for all creatures who seek it. Stretch to feel your leaves absorbing the sun’s light and warmth and energy.


Feel every breeze whispering around and through you, gently swaying your branches and flickering your leaves. You are aware of every breath of air, every cloud passing overhead, every bird which stops to rest upon your living twigs, every squirrel vaulting acrobatically through your lofty heights.

Feel the power of the countless years dedicated to achieving the fullness and greatness of your new form. For the years carry a true and unfathomable power, and nothing else living stands as long and as tall as a tree. Take some time to let this feeling completely fill you from your deepest rootlets to the tips of your highest leaves. You are the World Tree standing at the center of all things.


When you feel you have come to the fullness and completeness of your experience as a living tree, and once you are ready, you may now begin to return to your original form. Slowly become aware of yourself as a breathing human being, and when you feel your bare human feet upon the bare earth once again, gently lower your arms and open your eyes. Feel the vibrational responses from all the objects and living things around you to the energetic form of a tree which seemed to have been standing for untold years right on the spot where you as a human now stand. Gently and respectfully step away from that spot and re-enter your normal life, taking with you all that you have gained from this experience.




Tree meditation - experience n. 11
by Natalie Dekel



Tree Osho Meditation - experience n. 12


This is a profound meditation based on a 5,000 year old tantra text described by Osho in “The Book of the Secrets,” sutra 106.
The sutra reads: “Feel the consciousness of each person as your own consciousness. So, leaving aside concern for self, become each being.”
Osho suggests first trying this technique with trees or other forms because with people fear may arise in the beginning.


Osho says: “You will be less afraid of a tree so it will be easier. Sitting near a tree, just feel the tree and feel that you have become one with it, that there is a flow within you, a communication, a dialogue, a melting…”

This meditation is about feeling the consciousness of the tree simply and directly in a state of silence and receptivity. So this meditation is not about channelling, receiving messages, but something more direct and profound.


You may sit or lie down for this meditation. Allow yourself to be in as state of relaxed awareness.

So, here is the transcript, please use it freely and let us know about your experience.


“Be in a protected energy field with the tree.
Allow all noises, sounds or sights to be distant and to fade to the periphery of your consciousness.
Begin to feel the consciousness of the tree.
Feel the consciousness of the tree…
Feel its physical presence, its form, its roots, its trunk, its bark, its branches, its leaves…
Feel the tree’s roots reaching into the earth, holding the tree steady and also absorbing nourishment from the earth, taking in water and minerals…
Feel its trunk, the tree standing…
Feel the branches reaching into the sky…
Feel the air surrounding the tree and the light upon the tree…
Begin to go deeper…
Become conscious of the life energy and consciousness of the tree.
Feel the tree’s aliveness
Feel the tree’s consciousness…
The tree’s consciousness is not a human consciousness, but its own consciousness…
It is the consciousness and presence of the tree…
Feel your consciousness opening, expanding to include the consciousness of the tree…

Welcome the tree’s consciousness, find your own consciousness is expanding into the tree’s consciousness…
For the time being put aside your human mind and simply feel the consciousness of the tree…
Feel the tree’s consciousness in you.
Put aside your own consciousness, that is put aside for now any personal thoughts, emotions, feelings or sensations…
Let your mind and thought processes be silent and fade into the background…
And allow the consciousness of the tree with its feelings and awareness to arise in you…
Experience the tree…
Merge with the tree…
(period of silence)

Avoid thinking, any interpretations or judgements, rather let your experience of the tree be pure and direct…
Be open and available to experience what ever the tree is experiencing in its consciousness…
 (period of silence)

Allow this presence of the tree to be even deeper…
Allow the full feeling and experience of the tree’s consciousness…
Remain with the tree in very close contact…
(period of silence)

You might notice how this awareness of the pure presence and feelings of the tree creates a circle with you and the tree…
You might notice that the tree also feels your presence in its consciousness…
You might feel that the tree also welcomes your consciousness and presence…
You may feel in this circle of energy that you are being showered with energy from the sky…
You may feel the strength of the earth, feeling deeply rooted…
(period of silence)

There is a circle of energy, the consciousness of the tree and you merging, you and the tree are one…
 (period of silence)

Remain in silent communion with the tree…
(period of silence)
Remain here and now with no thoughts or projections…
(period of silence)

Remain present and see how the tree also rejoices in your presence. Feel the tree’s presence in your expanded consciousness…
(period of silence)

Remain present to all that is happening in this expanded consciousness, the merging of you and the tree…
(period of silence)
Continue to feel the tree’s consciousness…
(period of silence)

Experience in consciousness the life consciousness of the tree experiencing form, feelings and sensations…
(period of silence)

Now notice all that is happening within awareness…
(period of silence)

And slowly, very slowly, you begin to come back, remaining in communion with the tree and its consciousness…
Perhaps there are feelings of tenderness, love, appreciation or thankfulness that arise…
And you may want to express to the tree any of these feelings of love or appreciation…
(a few minutes of silence)

You may express in any way that feels right and appropriate now your feelings of gratitude…
You allow your self to say adieu, goodbye for now and at the same time to accept any gifts from the tree…
 (a few minutes of silence)

As you come back more and more now to your human consciousness, you know that your experience with the tree is complete in itself…
(a few moments to assimilate your experience, then coming back to a more active, awakened state, or, if you chose, to rest or even sleep)
Allow your self to come back, feeling your body, aware of your breathing, aware of any sensations in your human body… Be present to your own human form. And you may then open your eyes and come back…
Or, if you wish to rest, to absorb this experience, you may also relax and rest now…

Thank you…




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italian version...
 

“Gli alberi sono chiamati popolo eretto perché essi sono i nostri maestri. Non camminano come gli esseri umani, ma il loro movimento è quello di sostenere l’energia che si trova fra la Terra e il Cielo. Le radici degli alberi affondano nella nostra Madre Terra, e le loro ramificazioni raggiungono la luce del sole alto nel cielo.
Questi insegnanti dei boschi mostrano l’umanità come equilibrare le energie maschili e femminili presenti in ogni essere umano. Attraverso il loro esempio, possiamo imparare a dare e ricevere. Gli alberi sono saldamente radicati nella Terra e la sollevano con i loro rami, essi mostrano all’uomo come essere un ponte tra i mondi tangibili e quelli non tangibili. L’equilibrio fra l’aspetto  manifesto e quello ricettivo di questa connessione si trova nel cuore degli esseri umani e nel tronco degli alberi. Questi esempi viventi di equilibrio permettono all’umanità di scoprire il flusso della forza vitale che porta la pace interiore. Essa è circolare, e scorre attraverso le radici alle cime dei rami, in viaggio fino alle radici di nuovo, creando un riciclo di energia.”
Jamie Sams, Earth Medicine


I Druidi riparatori, comunemente noti come alberi, hanno il potenziale per essere dei guaritori eccellenti. Con una vasta gamma di incantesimi, essi sono veramente un gruppo di guarigione eccellente, le capacità degli alberi, soprattutto in un bosco, portano moltissime doni per noi. Questo articolo si propone di suggerire come ottenere il massimo dalla guarigione nel rapporto con l’albero terapeuta.

Alberi sacri con poteri di guarigione si trovano in quasi tutte le culture ed epoche. Sono visti come un dono della Dea Terra e da loro deriva la “guarigione” continua di coloro che vanno presso l’albero o boschetto sacro.

In India alberi sacri sono visitati da persone in cerca di benedizioni, soprattutto per la salute e la fertilità, da parte dello spirito interiore o divinità che li abita e che è generalmente considerato come femminile e come una manifestazione della Dea Terra. Cibo e fiori vengono lasciati ai piedi dell’albero o santuario naturale. Nastri di tessuto o sacchetti colorati rappresentano i desideri che vengono legati all’albero.

In Africa tra la gente Sotho del Nord, l’albero sacro Marula è conosciuto come l’albero del matrimonio. Una donna che vuole concepire un bambino berrà l’infuso della corteccia della pianta maschio. In molte parti dell’Africa le donne portano ancora addosso corteccia di alberi sacri per renderle fertili.


Nella tradizione popolare d’Europa fino agli inizi del ventesimo secolo, agli alberi sono stati anche attribuiti poteri curativi magici. Per esempio i bambini che non crescono nel modo giusto si fanno passare attraverso la fessura di un frassino e poi sollevati sopra i suoi rami e poi legati insieme per un breve momento a simboleggiare la connessione fra il bambino e l’albero e l’avvio del processo di guarigione.

I druidi celti veneravano il divino nei boschetti di alberi, non nei templi. Questi antichi e sacri siti nei boschi naturali possono aver avuto origine dai Celti. I luoghi che sono stati identificati sono spesso centrati su una convergenza di energie della terra. Nel boschi celtici sacri in Scozia, Galles, Bretagna, Irlanda e Cornovaglia gli alberi sono ancora oggi adornati con nastri, monili e preghiere per la guarigione e benedizioni

Gli aborigeni australiani utilizzano rimedi di guarigione provenienti da sacri alberi come tea tree e l’eucalipto, secoli prima che entrassero in uso nella più medicina convenzionale. Foglie di tè sono altrettanto inalate dagli aborigeni per prevenire infiammazioni nasali, congestione della gola e del petto. Inoltre usano impasti di argilla e radici per alleviare ustioni e infezioni della pelle.



Ogni albero è una potente fonte di guarigione spirituale, che può aiutare il nostro sistema immunitario a combattere qualsiasi malattia o dolore.

Perché gli alberi sono così saldamente radicati nella terra, ricevono l’acqua attraverso le radici e dalla pioggia e si nutrono delle sostanze minerali, inoltre si nutrono attraverso luce del sole.


Essi sono una fonte perenne di guarigione presente nella maniera più concreta anche nelle piazze nel centro storico di una città.

Ci si può sedere contro un albero in una foresta che può essere vecchio centinaia o addirittura migliaia di anni. Un albero del Tasso può vivere più di duemila anni e ci sono ancora in Europa querce di mille anni, che hanno accumulato un sacco di potenza e saggezza. Nelle foreste o una piccola boscaglia, basta cercare un cerchio di alberi che può diventare il vostro boschetto sacro.
Potrete trovare il vostro albero speciale, da cui vi sentite più attratti, nel parco locale vicino casa o nel vostro giardino. Il metodo seguito è quello che uso non solo come parte del mio lavoro privato, ma come una donna lavoratrice e stressata quando non mi sento bene, non amabile e non amata. Gli alberi e le loro proprietà curative specifiche si possono assorbire solo per il fatto di essere spiritualmente vicini a loro, ma come ogni albero senza distinzione contribuirà ad alleviare il dolore fisico o emotivo e ripristinare il benessere.

Non è necessario sedersi nella tradizionale posizione a gambe incrociate seduti per meditare.

Infatti, lo yoga e la conseguente posizione principale del loto, è considerato una forma di meditazione per molti. Altri però possono trovare il fare una passeggiata nella natura come  una forma di meditazione.

Ho scoperto che nel mio lavoro, quando cerco di intercettare i meridiani energetici sulla Terra mentre cammino, che ho una sensazione simile a quella di quando medito. Si può sempre ascoltare un aumento nel livello di energia, un aumento della capacità di focalizzare e concentrarsi, un rilascio di tensione nel corpo ed un senso di pace. La respirazione profonda durante la meditazione o il cammino sotto gli alberi aumenta l’apporto di ossigeno proprio come succede con lo yoga. 

Portare l’attenzione sul respiro ci avvicina all’albero e in più contribuisce anche a rilassarvi e ad abbassare la frequenza cardiaca. È possibile sviluppare la vostra intuizione, mentre si continua a praticare la meditazione con gli alberi e iniziare a scoprire il collegamento con Dio, col Divino,  con lo Spirito, con l’Universo, o con qualsiasi altra cosa o con chi ci si vuole connettere.
Potete spendere cinque minuti al giorno meditando sotto un albero o meditare dall’alba al tramonto in una foresta. È davvero tutto come sentite e come ritenete meglio per voi. Non c’è giusto o sbagliato quando si tratta di meditazione con gli alberi. Se preferite usare invece una meditazione guidata, potete usare la meditazione guidata qui a tergo. 

È possibile utilizzare alcune meditazioni guidate per parlare con gli Alberi, sono solo suggerimenti per contattare questi grandi esseri viventi…, e divertirsi allo stesso tempo con la Natura... vedrete che comunque la vostra intuizione vi guiderà a contattarli se il vostro desiderio è puro e di cuore.
Qui, in fondo, è possibile trovare una meditazione arborea per aiutarvi a parlare con gli alberi o per chiedere agli alberi di aiutarvi a guarire.
Ci sono anche alcuni interessanti libri sulla conoscenza degli alberi:
• “Call of Trees” di Dorothy Maclean http://www.callofthetrees.com/)
• “Talk Tree – Trasmissioni: Terra Cava e Regni Natura” di Dianne Robbins (http://www.diannerobbins.com/treetalk.html)
• “Parlare con le piante. Dal pollice verde per il Sacro Bosco “di Gianfranco Mancardi (Damanhur Publishing www.damanhur.com)

Spero davvero di raccogliere alcune meditazioni arboree  e loro miti in un libro… nel frattempo credo che, ora più che mai, queste grandi creature abbiano molto da raccontare e quindi qualsiasi suggerimento per entrare in contatto con la natura è più che mai necessario…  così godiamoci la comunicazione con la Natura. Dopo tutto, la Natura è un “open source” per tutti.



Suggerisco di chiudere qualsiasi esperienza di contatto con gli alberi e la Madre Terra, ringraziando per il tempo che essi ci hanno dedicato, per la vita che essi offrono per l’ossigeno, per il calore che ci danno attraverso i loro corpi e per tutto ciò che rendono possibile offrendoci la propria vita per noi…  
i bambini della Terra.
Se potete, immaginate  anche di offrire un dono del cuore dopo ogni contatto! Tutti amano i regali, dopotutto, anche gli alberi!

Un albero è un soggetto interessante nel campo della creazione e nel regno della natura. Si tratta di un essere vivente, di una forma di energia che, più di ogni altra, registra in sé la conoscenza e la storia del suo ambiente circostante.
Un albero inizia dal seme, all’interno del quale è incarnata è la sua energia originaria. Poi si auto genera e accumula la sua energia maturando grazie all’ambiente circostante.
Gli alberi sono i libri del tempo, proprio come dal legno forniscono materia prima per i libri del genere umano, così anche l’ambiente fornisce materia prima per i libri senza tempo degli alberi. 

Gli alberi sono come un braille in attesa di essere letto, come una registrazione musicale in attesa di essere suonata.
Gli alberi sono totalizzanti, sia nel bene o che nel male, e non giudicano ciò che deve essere lasciato indietro o scartato, da ciò che invece deve essere conservato e preservato. Gli alberi restano in ascolto e in silenzio per lunghi periodi di tempo, paragonabili, ma spesso più lunghi e più consistenti, a quelli trascorsi in piedi dall’uomo.
Proprio come, dagli anelli degli alberi, può essere letta con discernimento la storia dell’ambiente e le condizioni meteorologiche, così è anche possibile leggere l’energia dell’albero, conoscere  la storia dello sviluppo umano anche nella durata della loro vita e anche in precedenza alla loro vita, in quanto sono informati geneticamente dallo antica polvere da cui si sviluppano.

Chiedete ad un albero in un campo di battaglia la verità della battaglia, chiedete a un albero in un vicolo di amanti della verità romanzesche del passato. 

Gli alberi sono imparziali ma sentimentali, perché prendono il loro fluido molto profondamente, trasportandolo nella corteccia interna e succhiano la vita dall’aria, dalla terra, dalla pioggia e dall’energia dell’ambiente di vita che li circonda e questo li rende partecipi dell’umano sentimento. 


Molti annali della vita umana sono registrati tra gli alberi senzienti e sacri. E’ così che i rotoli dell’Akashico spesso possono essere più facilmente srotolati e  letti in questo mondo e su questo piano dalla semplice conoscenza di un albero, antico e saggio.

I boschi erano i primi templi di Dio…~ William Cullen Bryant, “Inno alla Foresta”

Meditazione con l’albero
Porsi ai piedi di un albero secolare, sia fisicamente che mentalmente.
Iniziate con respiri lenti e profondi.
Non focalizzatevi sul mondo esterno, ma, invece, chiudete gli occhi e seguite il percorso del respiro mentre si precipita in bocca, scorre lungo la gola e riempie i polmoni. Seguitene anche la turbolenza e la difficoltà finchè non si riarmonizzano in questo percorso di purificazione osservando il ciclo del respiro con l’aria che entra da fuori e con quella che esce da dentro di voi. 

Effettuate questa operazione più volte fino a che non vi sentirete calmi e concentrati.
Appoggiatevi con schiena contro l’albero che avete scelto (potrete anche immaginarlo se non siete vicini ad un albero).

Sintonizzatevi e sentite la sua energia mentre si mescola con la vostra, rassegnata e pacifica, senza aspettative.
Immaginate di avere delle radici sulla punta del coccige, che crescono verso il basso raggiungendo il ricco terreno fertile della Madre Terra.

Sentite, allo stesso tempo, di avere delle radici eteree di energia frizzante che si estendono dalla parte superiore della testa e si connettono con il brillante terreno spirituale del cosmo sopra di voi.
Respirate profondamente e lasciate che l’energia di ogni flusso attraverso di voi di incontri il vostro cuore.

Usate questa estensione per estrarre energia dal cielo per farla passare attraverso le radici nella terra.
Fate ora la stessa cosa al contrario, tirando energia dalle radici sotto, facendola attraverso le radici eteree al di sopra di voi.

Dite ad alta voce: “Come sopra, così sotto”.


Sentite di essere tutt’uno con l’albero, al suo interno e dentro di voi.
Dite qualche parola di benvenuto e saluto all’albero.
Rendetegli onore per la sua bellezza e forza.
Ora, dopo aver raggiunto un equilibrio con questa creatura viva albero, siete liberi di fare una domanda. Gli alberi sono più disponibili a rispondere a domande su di sé, sul percorso di saggezza, sui lavori energetici e sul passato dell’uomo, in particolare sul rapporto che esiste fra essere umano ed essere divino.


Quando avete finito il lavoro con l’albero, ringraziate il fratello albero per la sua saggezza ed energia.
Chiedete se potete tornare di nuovo un’altra volta. Rendetegli onore e benedizioni e salutatelo affettuosamente.

Respirate profondamente e sentite di nuovo l’equilibrio nel vostro centro.
Man mano che si respira, visualizzate le vostre radici celesti che ritornano cariche di informazioni dall’alto e portando la loro energia nella vostra coscienza.

Fate lo stesso per le radici terrene.


Quando ci si sente centrati e di nuovo contenuti nel corpo fisico ed in equilibrio con se stessi ci si può iniziare a muovere.


Lasciate un regalo alla base dell’albero. (Si può fare questo versando un bicchiere d’acqua o lasciando un filo di propri capelli o creando una nuvola di luce dal cuore come una nebbiolina del colore che sentite più appropriato per il momento, in segno di parentela e di ringraziamento)

Per avere ispirazione e vedere alcune immagini di antichi alberi, potete leggere  anche i fantastici libri: “Remarkable Trees of the World” o “Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest”.


Porgo il mio profondo ringraziamento a tutti gli amorevoli insegnanti  di pratiche spirituali, amanti degli alberi, come Vera Nadine e altri, che hanno contribuito a questo articolo e nel mio blog… Siete angeli!
Benedizioni a tutti voi!


CONNESSIONE CON LA NATURA: CONTATTO CON GLI ALBERI

Per sfuggire all'agitazione della vita quotidiana, liberarci dal peso dei vari obblighi che occupano le nostre menti e recuperare un genuino e sincero contatto con l'ambiente adoriamo portarci in mezzo alla libera natura. Fra i boschi, i monti e le acque dei torrenti proviamo una distensione interiore ineffabile: secondo me chi gode della natura che in lui si libera, spezza il sortilegio dell'ordinamento razionalistico, irrigidito, della sua esistenza ordinaria e lo risana nell'ampliamento del senso della vita.

Siamo consapevoli che tutto ciò che propizia nell'uomo un esperienza della "Grande Madre Natura", ha anche un grande potere liberatore; rasserena l'animo angosciato, restituisce chiarezza alla mente confusa. Camminando con la mente finalmente libera ti accorgi di essere la Via, ma anche la fonte, il viaggio, il viaggiatore e la meta. Aspirando il profumo di un fiore, ascoltando la voce del vento o contemplando un paesaggio, il praticante della connessione con la natura coglie l'indissolubile legame che lo unisce all'universo.

Ogni paesaggio diviene un Mandala, ogni suono un Mantra; tutto è meditazione e preghiera. Abbandonata ogni categoria e spogliata la mente da ogni pregiudizio e paradigma, inizia a rendere omaggio silenzioso alle rocce, ai ruscelli, agli alberi e ai laghetti ed accetta anche il fatto che potrebbero essere popolati da spiriti della natura, esseri talvolta timidi e discreti che si lasciano intravedere solamente da coloro che semplicemente credono in loro. E chi non sarebbe lieto di incontrare, come accadeva spesso ai nostri antenati, una ninfa delle acque che esce da una cascata iridescente o un vecchio gnomo sorridente, dalla lunga barba, che ti sbircia da dietro degli alberi?

Quando ci si avvicina ad un elemento naturale, che sia esso una pietra, un fiume, il mare, un albero o il bosco intero cerchiamo di farlo con consapevolezza e cerchiamo di chiedere sempre il permesso prima di accedere con la presenza interiore al loro cospetto come entità spirituali.

ALBERI
Per una profonda connessione con gli alberi, uso fare un percorso preciso, che qui è riportato fedelmente:
  • Ci avviciniamo ad essi con gratitudine e riconoscenza
  • Sentiamo l'albero che ci chiama a sé e ci avviciniamo lentamente
  • Chiediamo il permesso di avvicinare i nostri corpi, fisici e sottili per stabilire un contatto
  • Cerchiamo di ascoltare la risposta profondamente dalla nostra coscienza comune, quella che unisce noi e l'albero in una unica rete, potrebbero anche rispondere che non possono in questo momento dedicarci attenzione e dovremmo rivolgerci ad un altro albero (se si è seguita la chiamata di un albero specifico è raro che accada)
  • Mentre ci avviciniamo, cominciamo a consapevolizzare una luce che sale dal basso verso l'alto una energia che fluisce, e che poi torna dall'alto verso il basso, dentro al nostro corpo... potete immaginarla come preferite fra questi colori, bianca, gialla, rosa o blu.
  • Arrivati nei pressi dell'albero possiamo cominciare, per entrare in connessione con l'albero, a seguire un percorso sensoriale a spirale dei cinque sensi, in senso orario lungo il nostro viso, partendo dal centro fino ai lati: naso, e respiriamo il suo profumo profondamente, occhi, e osserviamo bene l'albero, la sua forma, la sua chioma, la corteccia, le foglie, il terreno dove affondano le sue radici, bocca, e lo assaggiamo letteralmente, usando la nostra lingua per stabilire un contatto, potremmo mangiare anche una bacca o una foglia se fossero commestibili, poi appoggiamo la nostra fronte e sentiamo la sua pelle sotto la nostra (qui possiamo poggiare anche le nostre mani, e anche il nostro corpo dopo avere appoggiato la fronte), e ne sentiamo il calore, la freddezza, la linfa che scorre all'interno come per noi scorre il sangue, infine appoggiamo il prima il nostro orecchio destro ascoltando e poi l'orecchio sinistro, potremmo sentire il rumore dei tarli, lo scricchiolare dell'albero, concentriamoci sui suoni che l'albero emette per noi.
  • Infine quando sentiamo che questo contatto è avvenuto, possiamo porgere la nostra domanda all'albero o semplicemente stare ad ascoltare in silenzio ciò che questa antico essere vivente ha da raccontarci.
  • Infine ascoltata la risposta, potremo ringraziare e offrire un regalo all'albero, potrebbe essere dell'acqua che abbiamo portato con noi o anche potremmo creare una sfera di luce bianca o colorata, o un'onda di luce bianca o colorata, gli alberi amano i colori, o anche cantargli una canzone o fare una piccola danza per celebrarlo.
  • Poi salutiamo l'albero promettendo di tornare a trovare lui o altri suoi amici alberi che gli potranno portare i nostri saluti;
Le presenti domande e risposte sono parte di una conversazione avuta con lo Spirito degli Alberi
 
Domanda
Perché dobbiamo far scorrere la nostra attenzione lungo il corpo seguendo un ordine preciso?
Risposta
Perché, facendo la connessione con la Natura, state lavorando per esplorare la completa realtà della mente e della materia. Per far questo è necessario sviluppare la capacità di percepire ciò che accade in ogni parte del corpo: nessuna parte dovrebbe rimanere insensibile. Bisogna sviluppare la capacità di osservare tutta la gamma delle sensazioni. Il Buddha ha descritto la pratica in questi termini: « In ogni luogo dentro i confini del corpo si sperimentano sensazioni, dovunque ci sia vita nel corpo». Se permettete all'attenzione di muoversi a caso da una parte a un'altra, da una sensazione a un'altra, naturalmente sarà sempre attratta dalle zone interessate da sensazioni più forti. La vostra osservazione rimarrà parziale, incompleta, superficiale. Quindi è essenziale muovere sempre l'attenzione con ordine.

Domanda
Come possiamo capire che non stiamo creando delle sensazioni?
Risposta
Potete fare una prova. Se dubitate che le sensazioni che state provando siano reali, potete darvi due o tre ordini, autosuggestioni. Se scoprite che le sensazioni cambiano a vostro comando, significa che non sono reali. In quel caso dovete gettare via tutta quanta l'esperienza e ricominciare osservando il respiro per un po'. Ma se scoprite di non poter controllare le sensazioni, ma che esse al contrario non cambiano a vostro piacimento, allora dovete scacciare i dubbi e accettare il fatto che l'esperienza è reale.

Domanda
Se queste sensazioni sono reali, perché non le proviamo nella vita ordinaria?
Risposta
Lo fate a livello inconscio. La mente conscia è inconsapevole, ma in ogni momento la mente inconscia prova delle sensazioni nel corpo e reagisce ad esse. Questo processo avviene ventiquattro ore su ventiquattro. Con la pratica, tuttavia, si abbattono le barriere tra il conscio e l'inconscio. Diventate consapevoli di ogni cosa che accade all'interno della vostra struttura fisica e mentale, di ogni cosa che sperimentate. Quando osservate senza reagire, automaticamente la mente inizia a penetrare al di là della realtà apparente del dolore fino alla sua natura sottile, che consiste unicamente in vibrazioni che nascono e svaniscono ad ogni istante. E quando sperimentate tale sottile realtà, il dolore non può sopraffarvi. Siete voi i padroni di voi stessi, siete liberi.

Domanda
Possiamo chiedere guarigione?
Risposta
Certamente. Gli alberi e le loro proprietà curative specifiche si possono assorbire solo per il fatto di essere spiritualmente vicini a loro, ma come ogni albero senza distinzione contribuirà ad alleviare il dolore fisico o emotivo e ripristinare il benessere.
I boschi erano i primi templi di Dio…~ William Cullen Bryant, “Inno alla Foresta”
Un albero è un soggetto interessante nel campo della creazione e nel regno della natura. Si tratta di un essere vivente, di una forma di energia che, più di ogni altra, registra in sé la conoscenza e la storia del suo ambiente circostante.
Un albero inizia dal seme, all’interno del quale è incarnata è la sua energia originaria. Poi si auto genera e accumula la sua energia maturando grazie all’ambiente circostante.
Essi hanno conservato quindi le memorie di guarigione che sono passate dalle generazioni, esistenza dopo esistenza

Domanda
Possiamo chiedere agli alberi anche notizie sul passato o sulla salute di persone lontane?
Risposta
Gli alberi sono i libri del tempo, proprio come dal legno forniscono materia prima per i libri del genere umano, così anche l’ambiente fornisce materia prima per i libri senza tempo degli alberi. Gli alberi sono come un braille in attesa di essere letto, come una registrazione musicale in attesa di essere suonata.

Gli alberi sono totalizzanti, sia nel bene o che nel male, e non giudicano ciò che deve essere lasciato indietro o scartato, da ciò che invece deve essere conservato e preservato. Gli alberi restano in ascolto e in silenzio per lunghi periodi di tempo, paragonabili, ma spesso più lunghi e più consistenti, a quelli trascorsi in piedi dall’uomo.
Proprio come, dagli anelli degli alberi, può essere letta con discernimento la storia dell’ambiente e le condizioni meteorologiche, così è anche possibile leggere l’energia dell’albero, conoscere la storia dello sviluppo umano anche nella durata della loro vita e anche in precedenza alla loro vita, in quanto sono informati geneticamente dallo antica polvere da cui si sviluppano.

Gli alberi sono imparziali ma sentimentali, perché prendono il loro fluido molto profondamente, trasportandolo nella corteccia interna e succhiano la vita dall’aria, dalla terra, dalla pioggia e dall’energia dell’ambiente di vita che li circonda e questo li rende partecipi dell’umano sentimento. Molti annali della vita umana sono registrati tra gli alberi senzienti e sacri. E’ così che i rotoli della storia dell'umanità spesso possono essere più facilmente srotolati e letti in questo mondo e su questo piano dalla semplice conoscenza di un albero, antico e saggio.
Isabella Guerrini

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